Laura Richardson

Laura Richardson ( born April 14, 1962 in Los Angeles, California ) is an American politician. From 2007 to 2013, she represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives; she lost her seat in the 2012 election, when they defeated their democratic a contestant Janice Hahn.

Career

Laura Richardson studied until 1984 at the University of California at Los Angeles and then to 1996 at the local University of Southern California. In the meantime, she worked for 14 years for the company Xerox. At the same time they hit as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1996 and 1998 she was on the staff of Congressman Juanita Millender - McDonald. From 2000 to 2006, she sat on the city council of Long Beach; In addition, she worked between 2001 and 2006 for Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante. In 2006 and 2007 she was a deputy in the California State Assembly.

After the death of Juanita Millender - McDonald Laura Richardson was at the due election for the 37th seat of California as its successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where they took up their new mandate on September 4, 2007. She was re-elected twice and lost her seat in the midterm elections in November 2012, after she left office on January 3, 2013. In the House, she was a member of the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in five sub-committees. They have also served on the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.

Mrs. Richardson's career in Congress had its downsides. On August 1, 2012, it was spoken by the Ethics Committee for violations of federal laws, regulations Congress and obstruction of investigation of the ethics committee guilty. It was about the illegal use of its personnel staff for election purposes. She was sentenced to a fine of $ 10.000 and officially censured by Congress. Even before she had fallen for alleged preferential treatment at a bank in the headlines. In this case, she was acquitted by the Ethics Committee.

Richardson is divorced and has his private residence in Long Beach.